Hi there, it's great to be with you again.

This is Mlex's weekly podcast covering the top regulatory stories from around the world

with the help of our team of reporters.

My name is James Panicki.

I'm a senior editor with Emlex's Asia Pacific team and we have two very interesting issues

to cover today.

In just under 10 minutes from now we'll be crossing to our San Francisco offices for a chat

about connected cars and why the companies that make them are approaching data

collection with extreme caution at a time when big tech has no qualms at all about how it monetizes data

this story offers some insight into how future regulation is weighing on the collective imagination

of the auto industry.

First up though, the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act is officially on the drawing board,

and that in itself is no surprise. Of late, AI tools such as facial recognition

or the gathering of other biometric data have raised significant

privacy concerns. But as is always the case with these things, the debate has immediately

turned to the question of enforcement. What agencies will be responsible for investigating

possible violations and taking action against those flouting the new rules,

assuming, of course, that the draft does indeed become law.

Cynthia Croatt is a senior correspondent covering technology and telecoms from Brussels

and has been diligently following this issue for us.

So Cynthia, firstly, maybe walk us through some of the main

issues behind the Artificial Intelligence Act. Yeah, well, one of the main points now is about

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